Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)United States. Warren Commission
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Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)
United States. Warren Commission
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Assassination; Oswald, Lee Harvey
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes; this photograph was taken at 100 diameters and this
photograph was taken at 400 diameters. There is a difference there also.
Mr. EISENBERG. Could you state that again please?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. The photograph on the left was taken approximately at
100 diameters.
Mr. EISENBERG. That is Oswald's pubic hairs, a known sample?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes; this is a general shot of his known sample.
Mr. EISENBERG. And the one on the right?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. The one on the right was taken at approximately 400
diameters.
Mr. DULLES. This is the blanket sample?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. This is a hair from the blanket compared with Oswald's.
Mr. EISENBERG. You have three photographs on this chart, of which two
are known Oswald hairs, the photograph on the left and one of the two
photographs on the right?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Actually, this is one photograph taken through a
comparison microscope. We are looking at two different hairs at the
same time.
Mr. EISENBERG. Yes. Well, when you say this is one photograph you
are pointing to the one on the right but, as I understand it, the
photograph on the right shows two different hairs?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. That is correct.
Mr. EISENBERG. One of which is Oswald's hair, a known sample?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. And the other of which was obtained from the blanket?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. And the photograph on the left shows known samples of
Oswald's pubic hairs?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. That is correct.
Mr. EISENBERG. So we have in effect two views of Oswald's pubic hairs,
one on the left and one half of the composite photograph on the right?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes.
Mr. EISENBERG. Following up on Mr. Dulles' question, the photograph on
the right seems to have a much coarser and somewhat darker structure
in both the known and the questioned sample than the photograph on the
left, which is simply a known sample.
Mr. STOMBAUGH. That is correct.
Mr. EISENBERG. And you said that was because of the enlargement?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. The difference in the enlargement. The photograph on
the left was taken with the microscope set to magnify the specimen 100
times. The photograph on the right was taken with the microscope set
to magnify the specimen 400 times.
Mr. EISENBERG. The photograph on the right does not seem to show a hair
four times larger, so I don't understand it.
Mr. STOMBAUGH. It was on the enlarging of the photograph itself.
Had these two prints been enlarged at the same enlarging factor, the
hairs on the left, would be much, much smaller than the ones on the
right. This was just blown up to this size so the hairs could be seen.
For instance, had we not blown these up, here we see them magnified 400
times, and this other photograph is a natural shot.
Mr. EISENBERG. Now, here you are pointing to photograph 669, and the
second shot which you call "natural" is 668?
Mr. STOMBAUGH. Yes, sir. You can see the difference in the diameter and
the difference in the detail of the photograph.
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